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Nashville vs. Vancouver: NHL Match Prediction
Nashville and Vancouver will play their third game this season and their second this year on January 30. The Preds are gradually approaching the playoff zone, but so far they remain in the basement of the conference table. The Canadians are in a fierce battle to return to the top eight in the West, but so far they are losing this duel to Calgary. The Predators have twice been stronger than the Canucks in the current regular season. What will this meeting be like? We tell you in the betting tip for it
Command Analysis
Nashville Predators
USACurrent form
The Predators remain in 14th place in the conference standings, but this is clearly not enough for the visitors. Nashville has only scored 43 points in 48 games and has been playing poorly throughout the fall. In the winter, things got better for Andrew Brunette charges and now the Tennessee club has five wins in six starts. The Predators finished their last home series with a bang and after losing to Washington (1:4), they won four games in a row. Before returning to their home ice, Roman Josi team beat San Jose (6:5) in California, but a day later in the same state they lost to Anaheim (2:5). The then visitors were no worse than their opponents in the first half of the game, but they failed in the second part of the second period and lost.
Nashville is no longer the lowest scoring team in the conference, the Predators have not been so bad in the lead lately. They have scored 23 goals in the last five games, while in the last four games they have scored 21 accurate shots. Filip Forsberg has been a regular scorer this season and is a bright spot in the attack for the hosts. The Swedish forward has scored 49 goals (18+31) during this regular season.
Andrew Brunette has never been able to establish a reliable game in defense, which is why the Predators regularly concede a lot. In the last five games, the red light behind their goal has come on 19 times. Justus Annunen regularly gets his chances against the backdrop of weak performances by Juuse Saros, but it was the latter who took to the ice in four of the previous five games. During the regular season, the Finn reflected 90.01% of shots and made four shutouts.
Disqualifications and injuries
Luke Evangelista is out with injuries, while Jeremy Lauzon is questionable.
Interesting trends for betting
- Nashville gets 9.38 penalty minutes per game.
The club is not known for its good discipline and usually gets sent off at least four times per game
- Nashville averages 25 hits
Preds not shying away from physical and contact hockey this season
Vancouver Canucks
CanadaCurrent form
Vancouver had already started to lose steam before the Christmas break, and now it has moved and is currently holding the ninth place in the West. The team coached by Rick Tocchet has 54 points after 49 games and cannot feel confident yet. The Canucks, as we have already said before, are now far from their best form and have lost eight games out of 12. After losses to Buffalo (2:3) and Edmonton (2:6), Quinn Hughes' team beat Washington at home (2:1) and began the current road trip with a victory in Missouri over St. Louis (5:2). The Canadians won two games in a row for the first time since the beginning of December, which could be a good starting point for a long series of victories.
The Canucks have seriously lost their reliability in their own half of the ice. They have allowed 14 goals in their last five games, and on average the red light behind the visitors' net comes on 3.16 times per game. Kevin Lankinen has recovered from another injury and has been on the ice in the last two games, which were victories for the Orcas. The Finn stopped 90.43% of shots during the regular season.
Quinn Hughes (14+42) is the club sole leader in scoring and often becomes the dispatcher in attack. In addition to him, J.T. Miller is also in the top 100 in the league, having earned only 34 points (9+25). Brock Boeser (16+17) is the best finisher in scoring chances, but he does not often distinguish himself in attack.
Disqualifications and injuries
Jonathan Lekkerimaki and Kiefer Sherwood will not be helping their partners in Tennessee, while Noah Nielsen and Dakota Joshua have not yet confirmed their participation.
Interesting trends for betting
- The Orcas win 50% of their faceoffs
The visitors are doing well at the point and winning face-offs more often.
- The team receives an average of 9.88 minutes of penalty time.
Rick Tocchet men are sent off more than four times per match on average.
Trends
Bet 3rd period: total over 1.5 goals
In four of the last five games between the teams, at least two goals were scored in the third period.
1.55Bet 1st period: Nashville will score
Nashville has scored in the first period in six games
1.55Tip and bets
Nashville had a strong stretch in the second half of January and won five games in a row. In the last game of the away series, Andrew Brunette charges could not cope with Anaheim and again failed in defense. The hosts score a lot, but often make mistakes on their half of the ice. Vancouver is one of the best teams in the away game and ranks third in this indicator in the West. Recently, the "killer whales" have improved a little in terms of reliability and this immediately gave a positive result. The Canadians lost to the "predators" twice this season, but, in our opinion, they will take revenge at the end of January. Let play a bet on the zero handicap of the "Canucks" for a pleasant coefficient.
Prediction - Vancouver win with Asian handicap (0) for 2.35
Bet on individual total
Vancouver hasn't scored much this season, but they've been a little better on the road offensively. Nashville has been giving up a lot of goals in the second half of January and has been winning only because of their strong offensive performance. The hosts have allowed 15 goals in their last three games alone, so the Canadians should have no problem scoring at least three times.
We bet on Vancouver individual total over 2.5 goals with odds of 1.90
Total Bet
Nashville has been extremely productive in recent games and looks very bright in the second half of January. Vancouver is not showing such spectacular hockey, but the predators can easily open up the game and make it interesting for the average person. We think that neither side will sit back in defense and the opponents will score at least six goals between them.
We take the total over 5.5 pucks with the coefficient 1.85
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